Roman Catholic Diocese of Muro Lucano
The Latin Catholic diocese of Muro Lucano, in southern Italian region Basilicata, existed until 1986. In that year it was united into the archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.[1] [2]
History
The first Bishop of Muro Lucano of whom there is mention was Leo (1049). Its bishop Antonio (1376) became a partisan of the antipope Clement VII; he was therefore driven by Carlo of Durazzo to seek refuge at Polsino, whereupon Clement VII suppressed the Diocese of Muro. In 1418, however, Guiduccio de Porta was appointed to this see; he was learned in civil and canon law; among his successors were Flavio Orsini (1560), who became a Cardinal; the poet Gian Carlo Coppola (1643), who later became Bishop of Gallipoli, his native town; Alfonso Pacello (1674), founder of a congregation of priests for the care of the sick of the diocese. The see was suffragan of the archdiocese of Conza.[3]
Ordinaries
Diocese of Muro Lucano
Erected: 11th Century
Latin Name: Muranus
- Nicola (1340?–1345 Appointed Bishop of Caserta)[2]
- Enrico Marci (1345?–1349)[2]
- Guglielmo (1349–1356)[2]
- Giacomo del Fosco (1356–1364 Appointed Bishop of Potenza)[2]
- Domenico, O. Carm. (1364–1373 Appointed Bishop of Ariano)[2]
- Simone (1373–?)[2]
- Antonio (1376–1386)[2]
- Guglielmo (1395–1405 Appointed, Bishop of Capaccio)[2]
1400 to 1600
- Giovanni Bonifacio Panella (1407–1417 Died)[4]
- Guiduccio della Porta (1418–1423 Died)[4]
- Giovanni Sanfelice (1423–1443 Resigned)[4]
- Barnaba de Molina (1443–1462 Died)[5]
- Andrea Veroli (1463–1464 Appointed, Bishop of Camerino)[5]
- Meolo de Mascabruni (1464–1486 Died)[5]
- Nicolò Antonio Pesci (Piscibus) (1486–1517 Resigned)[5]
- Antonio Camillo Pesci (1517–1521 Died)[6]
- Cesare Carpano (1521–1528 Died)[6]
- Matteo Griffoni Pioppi, O.S.B. (1528–1540 Appointed, Bishop of Trivento)[6]
- Ascanio Parisani (1540–1541 Resigned)[6]
- Silverio Petrucci (1541–1560 Died)[6]
- Flavio Orsini (1560–1562 Resigned)[6]
- Filesio Cittadini (1562–1571 Resigned)[6]
- Giulio Ricci (1572–1575 Appointed, Bishop of Gravina)[6]
- Daniel Vocatius, O.F.M. (1575–1577 Died)[6]
- Vincenzo Petrolini (1577–1606 Died)[6]
1600 to 1800
- Tommaso Confetti (1606–1630 Died)[7]
- Clemente Confetti (Confetto) (1630–1643 Appointed, Bishop of Acerno)[7]
- Giovanni Carlo Coppola (1643–1652 Died)[7]
- Ascanio Ugolini (1652–660 Died)[7]
- Francesco Maria Annoni, C.R. (1660–1674 Died)[7]
- Alfonso Pacella (Pacelli) (1674–1702 Died)
- Andrea Sarnelli (1703–1707 Died)
- Giovanni Innocenzo Carussio (1707–1718 Died)
- Angelo Acerno (1718–1724 Died)
- Domenico Antonio Manfredi (1724–1738 Appointed, Bishop of Boiano)
- Melchiorre Delfico (1738–1744 Died)
- Vito Moio (Mojo) (1744–1767 Died)
- Carlo Gagliardi (1767–1778 Died)
- Luca Nicola de Luca (1778–1792 Confirmed, Bishop of Trivento)
- Giuseppe Maria Beneventi, O.F.M. Conv. (1792–1794 Died)
- Giovanni Filippo Ferrone (1797–1826 Died)
1800 to 1986
- Filippo Martuscelli (1827–1831 Died)
- Tommaso Antonio Gigli, O.F.M. Conv. (1832–1858 Resigned)
- Francesco Saverio d'Ambrosio, O.F.M. Cap. (1859–1883 Died)
- Raffaele Capone, C.SS.R. (1883–1908 Died)
- Alessio Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. (1909–1911 Appointed, Bishop of Sant’Agata de' Goti)
- Giuseppe Scarlata (1911–1935 Died)
- Bartolomeo Mangino (1936–1946 Appointed, Bishop of Caserta)
- Giacomo Palombella (1946–1951 Appointed, Bishop of Calvi e Teano)
- Matteo Guido Sperandeo (1952–1954 Appointed, Bishop of Calvi e Teano)
- Antonio Rosario Mennonna (1955–1962 Appointed, Bishop of Nardò)
- Umberto Luciano Altomare (1962–1970 Appointed, Bishop of Diano-Teggiano)
- Aureliano Sorrentino (1973–1977 Appointed, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria)
- Giuseppe Vairo (1977–1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo)
Notes
- Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Muro Lucano". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Muro Lucano (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
- Catholic Encyclopedia article
- Eubel, Konrad (1913). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. I (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 352. (in Latin)
- Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 197. (in Latin)
- Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 251. (in Latin)
- Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 249–250. (in Latin)